I-EGUMINOS^. 261 



tube ; standard revoliite ; keel bifido-lunulate. Sta- 

 mens monadelphoiis, with the anthers alternately ovate 

 and globose. Legume compressed, 3-5-jointed ; 

 joints suborbiculate, very frequently hispid. 



Herbaceous plants : stipules sagittate ; the inferior ones lan- 

 ceolate ; the upper ones larger and fulfilling the purpose of 

 bracteas : leaflets 2-4, oblong, arising from the apex of the 

 petiole : flowers yellow. — Supposed to be 7iamed after Mr John 

 Zorn, an apothecary at Kempten in Bavaria, author of Icones 

 Plantarura Medicinaliuni, published between 1779 and 1784. 



1. Zornia reticulata. Heticulated Zornia. 



Stems diffuse, leaflets 2 lanceolate smooth, the 

 lower ones elliptic, bracteas ovate acute ciliated eglan- 

 dulose 5-nerved reticulated the length of the legumes, 

 legumes pubescent and furnished only with a few 

 slight prickles. 



Hedysarum minus diphyllum, Sloaiie, I. 185. — H. herbaceum 

 procumbens,foliis geminatis, spicis foliatis tQnmndXihn^, Browne, 

 301 H. diphyllum, Swartz, Obs. 285. 



HAB. Common in dry pastures on the South side of the 

 Island. 



FL. Throughout the year, especially after rains. 



Stem filiform, procumbent, subsimple, terete, glabrous. 

 Leaves distant, alternate : leaflets lanceolate, acute, glabrous 

 above, slightly pubescent beneath, subciliated. Spike terminal: 

 flowers yellow, 5 or more, partly concealed by the stipulary 

 bracteas. Bracteas 2, ovate, sagittate, acuminate, reticulately 

 nerved, pubescent, ciliated. Calyx membranaceous, 2-lipped ; 

 upper lip rounded at the apex ; lower 3-fid, with the middle 

 division the largest. Anthers yellow. Legume of 3 joints, 

 scabrous with reverted prickles. 



XIV. Stylosanthes. 



Calycine tube very long, slender ; limb 5-partite, 

 with the segments unequal. Corolla inserted on the 

 throat of the tube of the calyx ; keel minute, bifid at 

 the apex. Stamens monadelphous, with the tube 

 cleft. Ovary sessile : style filiform, very long, straight : 

 stigma capitate, hispid. Legume of two 1 -seeded 

 joints ; the upper one subuncinate with the acuminate 

 base of the style. — De Cand, 



